The airport runway in Kabul has been cleared of people. The evacuation has resumed and will last for two weeks.

From the airport in Kabul on Tuesday, flights of military transport planes resumed, which are taking out people from Afghanistan after the seizure of the country by the Taliban militants. transfers Reuters. The evacuation became possible again after the American military managed to restore order at the airfield and clear the runway (runway) of hundreds of refugees who were looking for any opportunity to fly away, clinging to the landing gear and protruding aircraft structures. Video footage of huge transporters taking off, which were covered with people, spread all over the world. Even the warning firing of the American military could not stop the chaos.

“The runway at Kabul International Airport is free. I see planes landing and taking off, ”NATO civilian spokesman Stefano Pontecorvo tweeted. According to the diplomat, the airport has served at least 12 military flights. In particular, the planes arrived from Australia and Poland.

On Sunday evening, while the Americans were still in control of the situation at the airport, only one C-17 Globemaster III plane was safely evacuated about 640 Afghans from Kabul. However, on Monday, the air harbor was in panic. At least five people died at the Kabul airport that day. Two crashed to death, unable to resist on the outer structures of a military transport aircraft after takeoff. In addition, the US military killed two people who allegedly opened fire on the crowd at the airport. It was also previously reported that people could get injured in a crush.

With the crowds of refugees chasing planes down the runway, the rescue work was disorganized. As a result, the Bundeswehr plane was able to take out only seven people from the Kabul airport, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

“We can confirm that seven people were evacuated from Kabul on one flight overnight. Due to the chaos at the airport and the constant shootings at the checkpoint, it was not possible last night to ensure access of other German citizens and people to be evacuated without the protection of the Bundeswehr to the airport, ”a spokesman for the ministry told reporters in Berlin.

According to him, it was also not possible to receive citizens who are in the civilian part of the airport – “the partners who are responsible for security at the airport did not give such an opportunity.”

It was also reported that two military aircraft sent by the Czech Republic to evacuate the country’s citizens from Afghanistan were not even able to land at the Kabul airport due to crowds of people on the runway. For the same reason, a German military plane circling over Kabul had to leave for refueling in Uzbekistan.

Pentagon pledges two weeks to maintain security at Kabul airport

In the near future, the Pentagon will focus on the situation at the Kabul airport, US Defense spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday on the air of Good Morning America on ABC News. His words leads Interfax.

“Our goal is to focus on the situation at the airport to make sure it continues to operate, that we can maintain security and stability there,” Kirby said. “We plan to stay in Afghanistan for the next couple of weeks. This is not only about evacuating Americans, but also a moral obligation towards the Afghans who have helped us over the past 20 years – we need to move as many of these people as possible. “

Earlier Tuesday, Pakistani journalist Wajahata Kazmi, who works for the Air Force and CNN, said there were thousands of people near Kabul International Airport. Many of them are trying to break through to the territory of the air harbor, from where the evacuation of foreigners and other people from Afghanistan continues. “Many of those present are trying to overcome the wall and jump on the other side of it. US troops are inside the airport, and the Taliban are reportedly located outside, ”he wrote on Twitter.

On the attached videos you can see how many Afghans are trying to get over the high barrier.

Kazmi also previously reported that Taliban fighters had reached the vicinity of the airport; there were reports of shooting. In addition, there appeared videotape, in which an armed man without a uniform firing a warning shot into a wall forces an Afghan who climbed onto it to retreat.

According to media reports, by now the Taliban have established control over the entire territory of Afghanistan, with the exception of the airport in Kabul. The airport is used to evacuate foreigners in the country, as well as Afghans who wish to seek asylum abroad.